Choon of the Day

[thirdform]

shoegaze is wank tbh. worst thing to happen to music in the entire history of music. not a patch on proper noise rock.

 

[DLaurent]

 

[Corpsey]

Discovered this via disessus somehow, can't remember now.

Something soaring about this – something grandiose and epic and at the same time slightly cheap sounding that devastates me.

 

[boxedjoy]

I think it's been in this thread! Very big Glasgow tune, caned by the Numbers lot for years

 

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[catalog]

Good pair of choons there. Don't think I've heard that associates one before.

 

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I put them together because they both have weird stuttering drums. I was listening to 'Silmaxa' earlier and it reminded me of 'Bap de la bap'.

 

[Benny Bunter]

Makes my heart burst every time

 

[Benny Bunter]

BOMBOHOLE GWAN BREATH

 

[IdleRich]

Just cos on twitter people were asking for songs they might not know are covers..... Mick Jackson's Blame it on the Boogie.

 

[Leo]

Just cos on twitter people were asking for songs they might not know are covers..... Mick Jackson's Blame it on the Boogie.

any surprising ones? I'm trying to think of some now but can't.

 

[DLaurent]

I didn't know it was a cover but it doesn't surprise me.

 

[IdleRich]

any surprising ones? I'm trying to think of some now but can't.

I find that one surprising in that most people don't know that the credit that says "M Jackson" refers not to Michael Jackson but a total unrelated Mick Jackson from the UK:
The one I suggested for the thread was No No No which I always thought was by Dawn Penn until I realied it wasn't, in fact there are several earlier versions eg

 

[IdleRich]

A lot of people suggested Hanging on the Telephone, originally by The Nerves but I reckon music geeks on here would all know that. And Denis and Tide is High are even more well known to be covers I guess. Also Step On by Happy Mondays pretty much a cover but those are all kinda perennial favs I think.

 

[Leo]

A lot of people suggested Hanging on the Telephone, originally by The Nerves but I reckon music geeks on here would all know that. And Denis and Tide is High are even more well known to be covers I guess. Also Step On by Happy Mondays pretty much a cover but those are all kinda perennial favs I think.

ah, had no idea about "no no no", good one. and I'm so old, I bought that nerves 45 when it came out!

 

[IdleRich]

I guess that it was a bit of a wild west with regards copyright in Jamaica at that time so they just claimed it.
On this link they are saying this is the original but I thought that i had heard a more primitive blues thing.... could be wrong.

 

[luka]

dustiest

 

[luka]

nothing dustier

 

[luka]

 

[Mellsman]

Huh. I always thought it was great but the Stranglers weren't. Now I know why.